They have never seen a murder like it.

A talented tatoo artist is using poison instead of ink. His victim is a young woman. And on her skin he's left a message: 'the second'.
Drafted in to invesigate, NYPD detective Lincoln Rhyme and his associate Amelia Sachs find the scene has scrubbed of evidence.
All except for one trace - a scrap of paper that connects this case with one they will never forget.
And as they were with the Bone Collector before him, they find themselves pitted against a twisted serial killer choosing his victims seeemingly at random, a perpetrator who plans his work to the last detail, in a deadly contest with any who would try to stop him.
But how close is his connection with that old case? What is the meaning of the words tattooed in poison on the skin of his first victim? And where will he strike next?
Author: Jeffery Deaver
ISBN: 9781444757460
Format: Paperback
Pages: 438
Dimensions: 34 x 233